Jefferson County Drainage Board v. Baneck

The drainage law as enacted in chs. 88 and 89, Stats., does not allow the creation of a drainage district piecemeal or by gerrymander. If, after an examination of the lands described in the petition and all other lands that the board believes will be benefited, the project is first organized by creating a district embracing only a portion of a natural watershed, then any later proceedings which seek to add lands directly affected and of the nature of the lands included in the first organization are without sanction of law.

Sec. 89.52, Stats., provides as follows:

“(1) Whenever any lands or…